Scaling Patents (Class 345/660)
  • Patent number: 11640058
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus. The image processing method includes designating a distribution of pixels whose charge is to be added and read out from among pixels an image sensor has, and acquiring data of a captured image in which an area of a region that is a unit from which charge is to be read out differs depending upon a position by the designation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Katsushi Otsuka
  • Patent number: 11635865
    Abstract: A display device and a method of driving a display device. The display device includes a housing, a display touch module including a non-exposed area covered by the housing, an exposed area located outside the housing, and an active area over the non-exposed area and the exposed area. The display touch module includes a display member configured to display an image and a touch member on the display member configured to sense a touch input. The display device also includes a boundary determining member configured to sense a capacitance of the touch member and calculate coordinates of an exposure boundary between the exposed area and non-exposed area of the display touch module. The display device is configured to adjust a display range of the active area according to the coordinates of the exposure boundary calculated by the boundary determining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Hyun Jeong, Ja Seung Ku, Soo Won Kim, Ye Rin Oh
  • Patent number: 11636791
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state is enlarged, and a processor, the processor configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeongtae Park, Jooyoung Kang, Youngseong Kim, Yangsoo Choi, Sungmin Hong, Changryong Heo
  • Patent number: 11631495
    Abstract: A hierarchical workflow is configured to associate examination information captured using an imaging platform with contextual metadata. The examination information may include ultrasound image data, which may be associated with annotations, measurements, pathology, body markers, and/or the like. The hierarchical workflow may comprise templates associated with respective anatomical regions, locations, volumes, and/or surfaces. A template may define configuration data to automatically adapt the imaging platform to capture imaging data in the corresponding anatomical region. The template may further include guidance information for the operator, including processing steps for capturing relevant examination information. Additional examination information may be captured and included in the hierarchical workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Glen W. McLaughlin, Ludwig Steffgen, Anne Shelchuk
  • Patent number: 11632496
    Abstract: The image pickup apparatus, a control method therefor, and a storage medium capable of maintaining detection accuracy of a line-of-sight position at the time of calibration even in a case where a focus controllable range changes due to a difference in a detachably mounted accessory. At a camera housing 1B, correction information about an individual difference of an eyeball is acquired by calibration based on a display position of an index in a finder thereof and a position of line-of-sight, of a user, detected by a line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the position of line-of-sight being poured into the index, and correction of the detected position of line-of-sight is performed using the correction information. Then, a position of line-of-sight, of the user, detected by the line-of-sight detection circuit 201, the line-of-sight position being poured into a through image is set to a focal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Horie
  • Patent number: 11631382
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed that includes a display, a display driver IC that drives the display, and at least one processor operationally connected with the display and the display driver IC. The display driver IC moves a display location of one or more pixel data corresponding to an image associated with at least one application from a specified point by a specified distance on an active area of the display. The at least one processor is configured to scale up a first portion of the image by a specified range based on the specified distance, scale down a second portion of the image by the specified range based on the specified distance, and display the image on the active area based on the scaled-up first portion or the scaled-down second portion. In addition, various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongkon Bae, Hanyuool Kim, Donghwy Kim, Hojin Kim, Hyunjun Park, Yohan Lee, Hongkook Lee, Dongkyoon Han, Yunpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11625832
    Abstract: A system for computer-aided triage includes a router, a remote computing system, and a client application. A method for computer-aided triage includes receiving a data packet associated with a patient and taken at a point of care; checking for a suspected condition associated with the data packet; in an event that the suspected condition is detected, determining a recipient based on the suspected condition; and transmitting information to a device associated with the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Viz.ai Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Mansi, David Golan, Gil Levi, Yuval Duchin
  • Patent number: 11620775
    Abstract: A composite image displayed on an image display incorporates a first portion of image content, and incorporates one or more second portions of image content within corresponding one or more picture regions of the composite image. One or more images properties selected from a resolution, a level of magnification, a measure of pan, a size, and a scale of each of the first and second image portions can be modified, and the modification of an image property of the one or more second portions of image content entails receiving either supplemental or replacement image data that provides for displaying a corresponding modified version of the corresponding one or more second portions of image content, the modification of which can be independent of the first portion of image content and is responsive to an action by the user that indicates at least an interest in or focus on the one or more second portions of image content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: PANAMORPH, INC.
    Inventor: Shawn L. Kelly
  • Patent number: 11605361
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus for providing information for a driver of a vehicle, the information processing apparatus comprises a controller configured to execute: receiving message data that includes a message to the driver of the vehicle; when receiving the message data, outputting the message on a display area provided on a screen; and changing a size of the display area where the message is outputted, based on whether the vehicle is traveling or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoru Sakuma
  • Patent number: 11600002
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for graphics processing are described. A device may receive an image including a set of pixels. The device may render a first subset of pixels in each bin of a set of bins during a first rendering pass, and defer rendering a second subset of pixels and a third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during the first rendering pass. The second subset of pixels may include edge pixels and the third subset of pixels may be between the first subset of pixels and the second subset of pixels. The device may render the second subset of pixels and the third subset of pixels in each bin of the set of bins during a second rendering pass based on rendering the first subset of pixels. The device may then output the image based on the first and second rendering pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Andrew Evan Gruber, Tao Wang, Srihari Babu Alla, Kalyan Kumar Bhiravabhatla, Jonnala Gadda Nagendra Kumar, William Licea-Kane, Fredrick Alan Hickman
  • Patent number: 11586300
    Abstract: Provided is an input system including an instruction device; a detection device that detects an instruction position of the instruction device; a display device that is provided separately from the detection device and that displays an image of a space; a position detector that detects, in the space, a line-of-sight position in a line-of-sight of the position detector; a processor; and a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to set, in the space, an instruction target area including a reference position of the instruction device, based on the line-of-sight position detected by the position detector at the time of reception of a predetermined operation by the instruction device, and control the display device to display the instruction position of the instruction device in the instruction target area and on the image of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Watanabe, Tatsunori Kato
  • Patent number: 11580063
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor operatively coupled to the display and the memory. The processor is configured to identify a residual level of a storage space of the memory, in response to the residual level of the storage space of the memory being less than a predefined threshold value, control the display to display a file converting scheme list including a plurality of file converting schemes, select one file converting scheme among the plurality of file converting schemes, based on a received input, and perform file converting, based on the selected file converting scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 11577165
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for: generating image data for an application to be displayed on an output device; recording the image data generated by the image generating unit; and receiving operation information from an input device, where the recording includes storing the image data for an application for a predetermined period of time up to the point in time at which operation information is received during the receiving operation information from a specific input unit provided in the input device while displaying an application image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoki Takaichi, Kiyobumi Matsunaga, Toshimasa Aoki, Takeshi Matsuzawa, Takahiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 11579753
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises at least one memory for storing instructions and a foldable display, and is operably coupled with the foldable display and the at least one memory, wherein the electronic device, when executing instructions, may display a first screen in a first region of the foldable display, including a first sub-region and a second sub-region adjacent to the first sub-region while the foldable display is in an unfolded state, receive a first drag input from an edge region in the first region away from an edge in the first region that corresponds to the edge region while displaying the first screen in the first region, and in response to receiving the first drag input, display a list partially superimposed on the first screen, and including at least one executable object for indicating some of applications that have been executed in the second sub-region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangeun Lee, Dasom Kim, Sangki Lee
  • Patent number: 11559273
    Abstract: A mammography apparatus includes a diagnostic image acquisition unit that acquires a diagnostic image in which a calcification as a biopsy target is marked; a scout image acquisition unit that acquires a scout image obtained by imaging a mamma undergoing the biopsy from a specific direction; and a display unit that highlights a calcification (candidate for biological tissue examination) in the scout image which matches at least the marked calcification in the diagnostic image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takahisa Arai, Takeyasu Kobayashi, Shunsuke Kodaira
  • Patent number: 11562538
    Abstract: A method is shown for providing a user interface for a 3D environment of 360° images. The method includes displaying a first 360 degree image in a sequence of 360 degree images; receiving user input to interact with one of a plurality of points of interest detected within the first 360 degree image; and processing the interaction. Each point of interest is associated with a 3D coordinate. A system and software are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Time2Market SA
    Inventors: Gérard Philibert Crittin, Camille Cottagnoud, Matthieu Claude Léon Garrigues, Lionel Robert Daniel Crassier
  • Patent number: 11536584
    Abstract: There is provided a technique that can appropriately display route icons. A map display system includes a display section obtaining part that obtains display sections each being a section of a route to be displayed on a map; a connecting point obtaining part that obtains a connecting point, the connecting point being a point where different routes are connected together on the display sections; and a map display part that displays at least one route icon for each split section, the route icon being an image associated with a route, and the split section being obtained by splitting each of the display sections by the connecting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirano, Kazuya Ueda, Xin Jin
  • Patent number: 11531457
    Abstract: A video display apparatus for displaying a catalogue of one or more candidate video items for replay, each video item being represented in the catalogue by a catalogue entry having at least one displayed representative image comprises a user control device operable to resize a displayed catalogue entry by a select-and-drag operation; and means responsive to a resizing of a catalogue entry to select a number of distinct representative images, for display in respect of that video item, so that the number displayed increases with increasing size of the catalogue entry while the display size of each representative image stays substantially constant with respect to changes in the catalogue entry size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SONY EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: David William Trepess
  • Patent number: 11519889
    Abstract: A display control unit (52) displays a screen for setting sample information on a display unit (8) for each sample placed in a sample placement section (20), and an input processing unit (53) receives information such as a culture name and seeding date and time information input by an operator via an operation unit (7), and stores the information in a storage unit (55). This file is transferred to a data processing unit (4) and stored in a sample information storage unit (40). After analyzing the respective samples in an LC-MS (3), a quantitative analysis unit (42) performs a quantitative analysis based on the obtained data, associates the analysis result with the sample information, and stores the data in an analysis result storage unit (43). As a result, the sample information and the analysis result of the respective samples in the preprocessing stage are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11521325
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for image capture, analysis and transmission are provided. A link aggregation method involves identifying controller network ports to a source connected to the same subnetwork; producing packets associating corresponding controller network ports selected by the source CPU for substantially uniform selection; and transmitting the packets to their corresponding network ports. An image analysis method involves producing by a camera an indication whether a region of an image differs by a threshold extent from a corresponding region of a reference image; transmitting the indication and image data to a controller via a communications network; and storing at the controller the image data and the indication in association therewith. The controller may perform operations according to positive indications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC
    Inventors: Andrew Martz, Ross Wightman, Shaun P. Marlatt
  • Patent number: 11514636
    Abstract: A visual perception of an arbitrary transparent material is imparted to an arbitrary image. In accordance with each element of each deformation map included in a sequence of deformation maps that correspond to a time series, each element of a target image is moved to obtain each deformed image of the time series. Each element of each of the deformation maps indicates a movement direction and a movement amount of each pixel of the target image corresponding to the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Kawabe
  • Patent number: 11500537
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. An electronic device comprises: a display provided at a front surface of the electronic device; a storage; a communication interface including a circuit; and a processor for providing a board screen on the display, identifying a display size of an image on the basis of resolution information of the image when the image is received through the communication interface, adding the image onto the board screen on the basis of the identified display size, adjusting at least one of a display location or a display size of the image to correspond to a first touch input when the first touch input with respect to the image is detected, and adding a drawing object corresponding to a second touch input onto the board screen when the second touch input with respect to the board screen is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joohwan Hong, Sangjun Bae, Kyuho Jo, Munkeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11487118
    Abstract: A method includes rendering, by at least one processor, a first sub-frame of an image, where the first sub-frame includes a first subset of pixels of the image. The method includes displaying the first sub-frame on a display. The method also includes rendering, by the at least one processor, a second sub-frame of the image, where the second sub-frame includes a second subset of pixels of the image, and where the second sub-frame is shifted a half-pixel diagonally from the first sub-frame. The method also includes displaying the second sub-frame on the display after displaying the first sub-frame, where the display is optically shifted a half-pixel diagonally to display the second sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Matthew Kempf, John Peter Fenske
  • Patent number: 11481977
    Abstract: In one aspect, a request to generate an automated tour based on a set of panoramic images is received. Each particular panoramic image is associated with geographic location information and linking information linking the particular panoramic image with one or more other panoramic images in the set. A starting panoramic image and a second panoramic image are determined based at least in part on the starting panoramic image and the linking information associated with the starting and second panoramic images. A first transition between the starting panoramic image and the second panoramic image is also determined based at least in part on the linking information for these panoramic images. Additional panoramic images as well as a second transition for between the additional panoramic images are also determined. The determined panoramic images and transitions are added to the tour according to an order of the tour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Alan Sheridan, Aaron Michael Donsbach, Daniel Joseph Filip
  • Patent number: 11463619
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which superimposes an indicator image on a picked-up image, with inhibition of a subject from deteriorating in visibility. At least one processor of the image processing apparatus executes the set of instructions to: specify two points of a subject in a picked-up image; acquire three-dimensional positional information about the two points; detect a change about a state of the image processing apparatus; generate an indicator image corresponding to a length between the two points and the change, based on the three-dimensional positional information and the change; and superimpose the indicator image onto the picked-up image, to acquire a retouched image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shingo Mori
  • Patent number: 11454503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for updating a digital map of a mobile navigation system, in particular a navigation system of a motor vehicle, wherein the updating of map data is improved with respect to the availability of current map data and the minimization of the data volume to be transferred (and thus also the avoidance of the updating of map data that are not required at all). For this purpose, a geographic region comprised by the digital map is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein map data of the digital map represent respective regions, wherein at least one of the regions has a first boundary line directly surrounding the region, wherein the region has an additional boundary line, which surrounds the region with greater distance than the first boundary line at least in some sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sascha Flossbach, Dirk Leistner, Werner Richter, Dimitri Schechter
  • Patent number: 11449849
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) for display on an electronic device. The first GUI comprises data indicative of at least one professional service available for selection. The method comprises receiving, from the electronic device, a request to initiate a professional service selected from the first GUI. The method further comprises generating a second GUI for display on the electronic device. The second GUI comprises a customized questionnaire for collecting information relevant to the professional service selected. The method further comprises receiving, from the electronic device, user responses to the customized questionnaire, and initiating an analysis of the user responses. A communication indicative of the analysis is forwarded to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Sherman
  • Patent number: 11435193
    Abstract: The present technology pertains to visualization of maps used for autonomous vehicle applications. These maps include many layers of dense information. Each layer can be stored in a vector format and small portions, called tiles, of a map can be requested by a users web browser. The web browser can filter for desired layers and render all desired map layers at once to provide visualization of map and layers of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Chen Xie, Rohan Agrawal, Zachary Garcia
  • Patent number: 11432051
    Abstract: A method and system for positioning, viewing, and sharing virtual content is provided. The method includes determining a geospatial position of the mobile device capable of determining its geospatial location. Once the geospatial position is determined content within range of the geospatial location of the mobile device is requested from a content store. A content thumbnail corresponding to the content from the content store is retrieved and then presented on the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Srinivas Krishna, Daniel Chantal Mills, Patel Sidhdharthkumar, Laura Beth Thomas, Pavan Jakhu, Edward Albert Rosales, David Alexander Yue, Naimul Mafraz Khan
  • Patent number: 11417126
    Abstract: A head-mounted display, a display control method, and a program that facilitate a user to understand proximity between the user and an object around the user are provided. A display block (36) is arranged in front of the eyes of the user wearing a HMD (12). In accordance with proximity between the user and an object around the user, the HMD (12) controls the display block (36) so as to have the user visually recognize a forward direction of the display block (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Nakamura, Yasushi Okumura
  • Patent number: 11416965
    Abstract: An image processing method includes determining, based on a coordinate position of a to-be-interpolated sample in a target image, a first coordinate position of the to-be-interpolated sample in a source image, determining m reference samples based on the first coordinate position, determining an interpolation weight of each of the m reference samples for the to-be-interpolated sample based on a spherical distance between a coordinate position of each of the m reference samples and the first coordinate position, and determining a pixel value of the to-be-interpolated sample based on a pixel value corresponding to each of the m reference samples and the interpolation weight of each of the m reference samples for the to-be-interpolated sample to obtain the target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Song, Peiyun Di, Saiping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11408831
    Abstract: An apparatus according to the present disclosure acquires a display condition for displaying at least a part of target data as a display image on a display unit, determines, in a case where the display image is changed, whether to store the display condition according to a changed display image in a storage unit, based on an index relating to the change of the display image, and stores, in a case where the display condition is determined to be stored, the display condition according to the changed display image in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoichi Hoshino, Masakazu Matsugu, Yusuke Mitarai, Atsushi Nogami
  • Patent number: 11407309
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle controlling apparatus for controlling a vehicle having a display. The vehicle controlling apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the display; and a processor configured to set at least one region among an entire region of the display as a display region, based on a sight line range changed according to a position of a passenger who got on the vehicle, and configured to control the communication unit so that visual information is displayed on the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyongguk Kim, Hyeongjin Im, Chiwon Song, Jaehoon Cho, Heejeong Heo, Yoonjung Hong
  • Patent number: 11392288
    Abstract: Semantic zoom techniques are described. In one or more implementations, techniques are described that may be utilized by a user to navigate to content of interest. These techniques may also include a variety of different features, such as to support semantic swaps and zooming “in” and “out.” These techniques may also include a variety of different input features, such as to support gestures, cursor-control device, and keyboard inputs. A variety of other features are also supported as further described in the detailed description and figures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Theresa B. Pittappilly, Rebecca Deutsch, Orry W. Soegiono, Nicholas R. Waggoner, Holger Kuehnle, William D. Carr, Ross N. Luengen, Paul J. Kwiatkowski, Jan-Kristian Markiewicz, Gerrit H. Hofmeester, Robert Disano
  • Patent number: 11393383
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a circle setting unit that sets a reference circle that serves as the reference for a scale mark layout; a scale mark position determining unit that determines the position of a scale mark on the reference circle; a rectangle setting unit that sets a number display rectangle of the size corresponding to the number of digits of the indication number indicating the value corresponding to the scale mark; a rectangle position determining unit that determines the layout position of the number display rectangle from the position of the scale mark, using a calculating formula that has been set on the basis of the size of the reference circle and the size of the number display rectangle; and a number display unit that displays a number in the number display rectangle, and the calculating formula is designed so that, in a case where a straight line extending through the center of the reference circle on a display screen is set as a symmetrical axis, number display rectangles for disp
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohiko Higuchi, Kenichi Ogawa, Keiko Imamura
  • Patent number: 11385502
    Abstract: Disclosed are a near-eye display apparatus. The near-eye display apparatus comprises: a display screen; a polarization converter; an imaging lens group; a semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer arranged between the polarization converter and the first lens; a reflective polarized layer arranged on the side, facing away from the polarization converter, of the semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer, the polarization direction of the first linearly polarized light is vertical to the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light; and a liquid crystal lens arranged between the semi-transparent and semi-reflective layer and the reflective polarized layer. When the liquid crystal lens is switched between the first phase retardation amount and the second phase retardation amount, the light path of light in the near-eye display apparatus changes, so that the near-eye display apparatus can image at two focal lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenxing Zhou, Tao Hong, Chengfu Xu
  • Patent number: 11385684
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing that overlaps the first housing. The electronic device includes a display with a first region and a second region. The electronic device includes a processor configured to control the display to display at least one content. The processor is configured to determine a first content and a second content. The processor is configured to identify that a region of the display is extended. In response to identifying that the region of the display is extended, the processor is configured to change a resolution of the first content to correspond to a size of the extended region of the display while the display is being extended. The processor is configured to change a resolution of the second content to correspond to the size of the extended region of the display after the extension of the display is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yongjin Kwon
  • Patent number: 11386627
    Abstract: A cross reality system enables any of multiple devices to efficiently render shared location-based content. The cross reality system may include a cloud-based service that responds to requests from devices to localize with respect to a stored map. The service may return to the device information that localizes the device with respect to the stored map. In conjunction with localization information, the service may provide information about locations in the physical world proximate the device for which virtual content has been provided. Based on information received from the service, the device may render, or stop rendering, virtual content to each of multiple users based on the user's location and specified locations for the virtual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dean Caswell, Konrad Piascik, Leonid Zolotarev, Mark Ashley Rushton
  • Patent number: 11360605
    Abstract: A device for providing a touch-based user interface is disclosed. The device comprises a screen, a camera, and a processor. The camera images a reflection of the screen by a cornea of a user of the device. The processor displays at least one user-interface element on the screen, detects that a finger of a hand touches or is about to touch the screen, estimates a trajectory of the finger, and determines an intended location of touch of the finger on the screen. The trajectory of the finger is estimated by analyzing a sequence of images of the reflection. The intended location of touch is determined based on the estimated trajectory of the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Julian Charles Nolan, Matthew John Lawrenson, Till Burkert
  • Patent number: 11361541
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating an estimation result of movement of a predetermined target object in accordance with a history of chronological detection results of positions of the target object and a recognition result of a surrounding environment of the target object, and a control unit that causes display information to be presented in a display mode corresponding to the estimation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ikeda, Fumihiko Iida, Kentaro Ida
  • Patent number: 11354027
    Abstract: Techniques described herein address the issue of inadequate view of areas of a crop rectangle for a user while cropping an image. The inadequate view may be due to the magnification of the image in the graphical user interface, the selection tool (e.g., the user's finger) blocking a portion of the image, or the like. The solution of zoom-loupes provide a view of the area around a specified point the user selects on the crop rectangle that may be magnified to assist the user to set the crop rectangle area precisely. The zoom-loupe is generated based on the location (e.g., corner or edge of the crop rectangle) of the specified point and is associated with the specified point using connector lines. The zoom-loupe is placed on the graphical user interface to avoid obstructing other views for the user and avoid collisions with other zoom-loupes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Anant Gilra
  • Patent number: 11334222
    Abstract: A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Goo Kang, Yun-kyung Kim, Yong-yeon Lee, Ji-yeon Kwak, Yeo-jun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11335297
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for displaying projection picture and a method for rotating projection picture, comprising following steps: A: using a main control chip of a display to receive a picture signal parameter of a handheld terminal; B: the main control chip determining the black edge and calculating the starting position of a display picture by detecting the intensity of display signal inputted from the handheld terminal; C: obtaining the width of the display picture by calculation, and at the same time, directly obtaining the height of the display signal by signal detection of the main control chip; and D: using the function calculation provided by a control unit to enlarge the picture to a proportional or full-screen output with the handheld terminal. After adopting the above method, the display provides a picture with “full screen without having black edges” or “small black edges” to enhance the visual experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN YINGCHUANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11334307
    Abstract: Disclosed are an image display method applied to a splice display screen included by splicing multiple screen bodies along a first direction, and a video processing device. The image display method may include: an output size in the first direction, of the splice display screen is determined according to resolutions and dot spacings in the first direction, of the multiple screen bodies; an input size in the first direction, of an input source is determined according to a resolution in the first direction, of the input source; an image scaling ratio in the first direction of the splice display screen is determined according to the input size and the output size; and display control parameters in the first direction, of the each screen body are determined according to the image scaling ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: PIXELHUE TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Inventors: Huorong Wang, Jingguo Zong, Minfeng Ge
  • Patent number: 11330230
    Abstract: A system is provided having a computer, a user device, an audiovisual data source, a virtual distance assigned to the audiovisual data source received by the user device, video data from the audiovisual data source received by the user device, the user device displaying the video data at a first size, wherein when the virtual distance is changed, the size at which the video data is displayed changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventor: Leo McElroy
  • Patent number: 11328387
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to method and system for image scaling. The method includes determining a nature of image scaling required to be performed on an input image based on a vertical scaling ratio and a horizontal scaling ratio and includes determining if the image scaling is an upscaling or a downscaling, a symmetric scaling or an asymmetric scaling. The method further includes determining an overall scaling ratio based on a lower or an equal of the vertical scaling ratio and the horizontal scaling ratio. The method further includes scaling an input image to a target image using a polyphase finite impulse response (FIR) scaling filter based on the nature of the image scaling, the overall scaling ratio, and a structure of the polyphase FIR scaling filter. The scaling includes dynamically performing at least one of duplication of lines, addition of filler lines, duplication of pixels, and addition of filler pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Vijay Kumar Kodavalla, Venumadhav Chittapragada Hanumantharao
  • Patent number: 11308686
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to for displaying a set of images based on captured image data. In some embodiments, a system displays a first set of images corresponding to a first perspective in a virtual reality (VR) (or mixed reality (MR)) environment. The system receives a request while displaying the first set of images. The system captures image data corresponding to a second perspective in the VR (or MR) environment in response to receiving the request. The system displays a second set of images based on the captured image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Clément Pierre Nicolas Boissière, Samuel Lee Iglesias, Edwin Iskandar, Timothy R. Oriol
  • Patent number: 11308855
    Abstract: Provided are a display driving method, a display panel and a display device. The display driving method includes acquiring a to-be-displayed image; the to-be-displayed image is displayed by display pixels, and a vertical projection of each touch electrode on a plane in which the display pixels are located covers a plurality of display pixels; determining whether an area in which touch electrodes are located is in a display dark area according to the to-be-displayed image; and in response to determining that the area in which the touch electrodes are located is in the display dark area, stopping providing a touch driving signal for at least part of the touch electrodes disposed in the display dark area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Lai, Lifeng Lu, Zhilong Zhuang, Jiancai Huang, Yumin Xu
  • Patent number: 11308136
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives an input specifying a location field of a dataset. In response to the input, the program further retrieves a set of geographical hierarchy definitions. The program also retrieves, from the data source specified for a level in the geographical hierarchy defined by a geographical hierarchy definition in the set of geographical hierarchy definitions, a subset of a set of geometries representing a set of geographical regions belonging to the level in the geographical hierarchy. For each geometry in the subset of the set of geometries, at least one record in the dataset has a spatial point in a location field that falls within the geometry. The program further provides the subset of the set of geometries in a view of a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Jonathan Tiu, Christopher Bolognese, Anthony Kohan, Fangzhou Yin, Sumedha Sharma, James Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11302084
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying a virtual three-dimensional environment, including: displaying at least a portion of the virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, where the head-mounted display includes a retinal tracking device; enabling a user to interact with the virtual three-dimensional environment; displaying a virtual representation of a written work within the virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display; enabling the user to interact with the virtual representation of the written work; tracking the user's reading position in the representation of the written work via the retinal tracking device; determining the content of the representation of the written book at the user's reading position; and modifying the virtual three-dimensional environment based at least in part on the content at the user's reading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Stephen Constantinides